Recently, one of my clients showed me a very cool trick to check Primary Key for a single table with the help of the system stored procedure sp_pkeys.
SQL SERVER – Power Options, Power Plans and Database Performance
After a careful investigation into their system, we learned that this issue was with Power Options. Let us learn about that in this blog post.
SQL SERVER – Detecting CPU Pressure with Wait Statistics
I eventually expressed them it is possible to detect CPU pressure with Wait Statistics. We explained to them my method during the Health Check.
How to Skip Top N Rows in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #237
Question: How to skip top N Rows in SQL Server and retrieve the rest of the rows? Answer: I had asked the above question in one of the interviews last week.
SQL SERVER – Patch Install Rule Error – Not Clustered or the Cluster Service is Up and Online
The error which we observed was a failure of a rule – Patch Install Rule Error – Not clustered or the cluster service is up and online.
SQL SERVER – Changing Max Worker Count for Performance
I wrote a blog post about SQL SERVER – Best Value for Max Worker Count, after reading this blog post, I have received lots of emails.
SQL SERVER – DELETE Qualified Rows From Multiple Tables – Part 2
This is a follow-up blog post of the Winners and Solution – DELETE Qualified Rows From Multiple Tables. Today we will see another efficient solution.
Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 22 years of hands-on experience. He holds a Masters of Science degree and numerous database certifications.
Pinal has authored 14 SQL Server database books and 104Â Pluralsight courses. To freely share his knowledge and help others build their expertise, Pinal has also written more than 5,800 database tech articles on his blog at https://blog.sqlauthority.com.
Pinal is an experienced and dedicated professional with a deep commitment to flawless customer service. If you need help with any SQL Server Performance Tuning Issues, please feel free to reach out at pinal@sqlauthority.com.
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